The best place to get started tracing your Logan County ancestors is&nbsp;[http://histfam.familysearch.org/search.php?tree=Logan_VA_WV&mybool=AND&nr=50&tree=Logan_VA_WV&page=383 '''Logan County Recreated.''']&nbsp; The compiler created a database of ALL the families that lived in the area between the 1850s and the 1870s.<ref>The following sources were used to create this database: (1) [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ptsonline/history/ragland.html The History of Logan County ]by Henry Clay Ragland, (2)1850 Logan County Virginia Census, (3) 1860 Logan County Virginia Census, (4) 1870 Logan County WV Tridelphia Township, (5) 1850 Wyoming County, Virginia Census, (6) 1853-1860 Logan County, Virginia Birth Marriage and Death Records, and (7) 1850 - 1860 - 1870 Logan County, Virginia Mortality Schedules.</ref> His database is available through FamilySearch Community Trees.

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[[Image:Wvlogan.jpg|thumb|right|400px]] The best place to get started tracing your Logan County ancestors is&nbsp;[http://histfam.familysearch.org/search.php?tree=Logan_VA_WV&mybool=AND&nr=50&tree=Logan_VA_WV&page=383 '''Logan County Recreated.''']&nbsp; The compiler created a database of ALL the families that lived in the area between the 1850s and the 1870s.<ref>The following sources were used to create this database: (1) [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~ptsonline/history/ragland.html The History of Logan County ]by Henry Clay Ragland, (2)1850 Logan County Virginia Census, (3) 1860 Logan County Virginia Census, (4) 1870 Logan County WV Tridelphia Township, (5) 1850 Wyoming County, Virginia Census, (6) 1853-1860 Logan County, Virginia Birth Marriage and Death Records, and (7) 1850 - 1860 - 1870 Logan County, Virginia Mortality Schedules.</ref> His database is available through FamilySearch Community Trees.

:- [[4th Regiment, Virginia State Line (Cavalry and Infantry) (Confederate)|4th Regiment, Virginia State Line (Cavalry and Infantry) (Confederate)]]. Company A.<ref name="r95">[http://www.ranger95.com/civil_war/virginia/cavalry/virginia_state_line_organ.html The Virginia State Line: Organizational Structure of the Virginia State Line], ''Ranger95.com,'' accessed 11 June 2012.</ref>

:- [[4th Regiment, Virginia State Line (Cavalry and Infantry) (Confederate)|4th Regiment, Virginia State Line (Cavalry and Infantry) (Confederate)]]. Company A.<ref name="r95">[http://www.ranger95.com/civil_war/virginia/cavalry/virginia_state_line_organ.html The Virginia State Line: Organizational Structure of the Virginia State Line], ''Ranger95.com,'' accessed 11 June 2012.</ref>

West Virginia real and personal property tax records are managed by the County Assessor in each county. Land and land improvements are considered real property while mobile property is classified as personal property.

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Many County Assessors offer an online searchable database, where assessment record searches can be performed by name, account number, year, or mp/parcel number. Where online records are not available, requests for records can be made to the Assessment Office in person, by phone, or in writing.

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The search for tax information can start [http://publicrecords.onlinesearches.com/West-Virginia-Assessor-and-Property-Tax-Records.htm here]

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*{{WVvital}}. Includes marriages 1853-1860, 1868, 1872-1969 - free.

*Turner, Ronald Ray. ''[http://www.pwcvabooks.com/documents/MarriagesLoganNEW.pdf Logan County West Virginia Marriages from Other Counties]''. 2007. Available online, courtesy: [http://www.pwcvabooks.com/index.htm Prince William County Virginia] website.

*Turner, Ronald Ray. ''[http://www.pwcvabooks.com/documents/MarriagesLoganNEW.pdf Logan County West Virginia Marriages from Other Counties]''. 2007. Available online, courtesy: [http://www.pwcvabooks.com/index.htm Prince William County Virginia] website.

Record Loss

Places / Localities

Populated Places

Neighboring Counties

Resources

The best place to get started tracing your Logan County ancestors is Logan County Recreated. The compiler created a database of ALL the families that lived in the area between the 1850s and the 1870s.[3] His database is available through FamilySearch Community Trees.

Land

Local Histories

Johnston, David E. History of the Middle New River Settlements & Contiguous Territory Standard Printing & Publishing, Huntington, WV 1906 General History, family sketches,military rosters, including areas of Giles and Tazewell County which are now in Logan County.

Maps

Military

Revolutionary War

A Census of Pensioners for Revolutionary or Military Services: With their Names, Ages, and Places of Residence, as Returned by the Marshalls of the Several Judicial Districts, Under the Act for Taking the Sixth Census]. 1841. Digital versions at U.S. Census Bureau and Google Bookset. al. 1967 reprint: FHL Collection 973 X2pc 1840. [See Virginia, Western District, Logan County on page 135.]

Civil War

Regiments. Service men in Logan County, West Virginia Genealogy served in various regiments. Men often joined a company (within a regiment) that originated in their county. Listed below are companies that were specifically formed in Logan County, West Virginia Genealogy:

Probate

Taxation

County and City Court Records Land and Office Patents & Grants Land Taxes, 1782-1900 Personal Property Taxes Vital Statistics, 1853-1862

Online West Virginia Tax site

West Virginia real and personal property tax records are managed by the County Assessor in each county. Land and land improvements are considered real property while mobile property is classified as personal property.

Many County Assessors offer an online searchable database, where assessment record searches can be performed by name, account number, year, or mp/parcel number. Where online records are not available, requests for records can be made to the Assessment Office in person, by phone, or in writing.

Societies and Libraries

Family History Books that were found at the South West Virginia Community College were taken to Logan High School in April May of 2004. Patron should call during inclement weather before traveling to confirm library hours. College Library has a wealth of information on Logan County History and Family History